Wiring Question

[USC_elkie]

Well my friend bought a couple of 10's from me and I told him he just needed an amp and the wiring kit for it. I went over to install it and he had got a 300 watt amp and a 1400 watt max amp wiring kit with a 5 g power wire and a 100 amp inline fuse. My question is this going to be a problem or just overkill? Thanx for any replies. And if it sounds like my friend is stupid its because of

[Diceman83]

That fuse is too big... the fuse is only there to keep the wire from shorting out, heating up and making a car fire, and that wire should probably have a 60 amp fuse. Otherwise, the bigger the wire the better. He could have 1/0 gauge wire, and it would be fine. He can upgrade to better amps later on without having to worry about doing the wiring over again.

[CBFryman]

Good answear.

[Diceman83]

See, I'm learning

[ponchonutty]

What's a 5 g wire system? The wire sizes I've only seen are even numbers until you get past 2gauge.

[CBFryman]

AWG (american wire guage) goes by single digits size steps but most wire is evens.

[Diceman83]

I wonder where you can get it? I've only ever seen 0/1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20 and 22 gauge sold anywhere...

[CBFryman]

ive seen it. but im not sure where.

[UndercoverPunk]

scosche (or however the hell it's spelled) has kits with 5 and 9 guage...